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mircels

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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mircels, es; m.: e; f.
a sign, mark, token
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  • Ðú ásettest ðínes wuldres myrecels on worlde, sette nú ðín wuldres tácn in helle,

    • Blickl. Homl. 87, 16.
a mark to aim at
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  • Hé miste mercelses, and his mǽg ofscét,

    • Beo. Th. 4869
      • ;
    • B. 2439.

  • Hí setton hine tó myrcelse, and heora flán him on áfæstnodon,

    • Homl. Skt. 5, 426.
a signet, seal
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  • Gehealdenre mercelse

    salvo signaculo,

    • Hpt. Gl. 501, 27.

  • Insegle, mercelse

    signaculo,

    • 504, 37.
an ensign, a trophy
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  • Ðá hét se hǽðena cyning his heáfod of ásleán and his swíðran earme, and settan hí tó myrcelse,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 99, 135.

  • Ðá ðú gehéte ðæt ðec hálig gǽst wið earfeþum eáðe gescilde for ðam myrcelse ðe (ðec ?) monnes hond from ðínre onsýne áhwyrfde

    when thou didst promise, that the Holy Spirit would easily shield you from troubles, on account of the ensign (the cross ?) that would turn man's hand from thy face,

    • Exon. 39 a
      • ;
    • Th. 129, 30
      • ;
    • Gú. 429.
a marked spot
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  • Hé hét ða gebróðru ádelfan ǽnne pytt, ðǽr ðǽr hé ǽr gemearcode ... Ða gebróðru ðá eodon tó ðam mercelse,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 162, 1-6.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mircels.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22913.

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